When I get delivery, it’s usually pizza or Thai food. But that might have to change, now that I know that there is a soup delivery service in DC that serves not only delicious soup, but vegan, healthful (meaning you …
José Andrés is arguably the most famous chef in the whole District. In fact, it’s hard to be in Penn Quarter without walking by one or two of his restaurants. There is Oyamel, a fun, Mexican restaurant where you can …
It’s true. I’ve been watching too many of feisty chef Gordon Ramsay’s cooking shows. So when I walked into the Blue Duck Tavern in DC’s West End and saw the open kitchen with cooks and chefs milling about, I half …
Last week in the Nation’s Capitol I decided to check on the late Spring soup scene. And while browsing through lists of standard soups (French Onion, Minestrone, Chicken Vegetable, etc) I gave pause to the menu posted in the window …
Ben and Virginia Ali opened Ben’s Chili Bowl in 1958 on DC’s U St Corridor. And it’s stayed open through the good times and the bad. Back in its heyday, the U St Corridor was known as “Black Broadway”—the Lincoln …
Mussle Soup According to Michel Verdon, half of the duo that opened Bistrot Du Coin in Dupont Circle in 2000, a good soup is simple, hot, and accompanied by a good glass of wine with bread and olive oil. …
Domku is far from the hustle and bustle of downtown DC. It’s even a bit far from the lively Mt. Pleasant and Columbia Heights neighborhoods. It’s tucked up in Petworth, about five blocks from the metro station. That said, …
It’s a shame to acknowledge that Beethoven couldn’t have know Founding Farmers sous chef Lisa Frantz when he said, “Only the pure of heart can make good soup.” Clearly, she has never thought naughty things, gives to the homeless, eschews …
I begrudgingly conceded to the autumnal equinox with a big bowl of shallot and onion soup at DC’ s Brasserie Beck. One needs comfort food when faced with the end of summer…when we say goodbye to long days and hello …
How to Make: Oval Room’s chilled cucumber soup from Washingtonian.com on Vimeo. If I didn’t know better, I would have gone on and on about the Oval Room’s delicate medallions of shrimp sausage with citrus-dressed micro-greens in a bath of …